Jean Jacquemonde

Infobox animanga character
name = Jean Jacquemonde
series = Spriggan


caption = Jean Jacquemonde confronting his father, Rick Bordeau, in Romania
first = Book of Noah's Ark Arc
last = Gold Rush (Gaiden)
creator = Hiroshi Takashige and Ryōji Minagawa
voiced by = Takehito Koyasu (Japanese)
Andy McAvin (English)
alias =
age = 24Rick: "Born in France, Lyon in the year 196X." (Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 208.]
born = 196XRick: "Born in France, Lyon in the year 196X." (Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 208.]
nationality = French
occupation = ARCAM Corporation Spriggan operator
relatives = Rick Bordeau (Father) Eugenie Bordeau (Mother, deceased)Rick: "Born in France, Lyon in the year 196X." (Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 208.] Maria Felton (Adopted Mother, deceased) Mark Felton (Adopted Brother, deceased)
species = Half-Werewolf, Half-Human
paux1 name = Affiliations
paux1 = Spriggans (Current)
aux1 name = Weapons
aux1 = Smith & Wesson Model 6904 [Only used in Dragon Veins Map Arc. Taken from [http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~konoe/spriarms.htm 火器管理室] ja icon]
Franchi SPAS-12 RPG-2 [Only used in Book of Noah's Ark Arc]
aux2 name = Equipment
aux2 =
aux3 name = Skills
aux3 = Known expertise in small arms Super strength, only when in his lycanthrope form Super speed, due to his Lycanthrope genes Martial arts expert Accelerated healing Werewolf transformationnihongo|"Jean Jacquemonde"|ジャン・ジャックモンド|Jan Jakkumondo is a fictional character in the manga series Spriggan. He is a French Spriggan operator who is based in ARCAM's French branch. His werewolf appearance is mainly due to use of ancient biotechnology that gave him the ability to shapeshift into one [Larry:: "A lycanthrope is a biological weapon created by an ancient advanced civilization that thrived eons ago." (Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 147.] .

Jean's surname name in the OVA was Jacquemondo.

Origin

Pre-Spriggan

Born in Lyon, FranceRick: "Born in France, Lyon in the year 196X." (Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 208.] , he was subsequently raised by Maria Felton after being abandoned, having Mark Felton as his younger brother. During his pre-teen days, Jean was a street fighter who fought against agents of an unknown syndicate with the Trident Corporation as they were becoming more and more interested in him due to his Werewolf genes that were not used from his DNA. In order to do this, Maria and Mark Felton were kidnapped as a bargaining chip for Jean to cooperate. [Not much information is revealed on what happened to them, but they were assumed to be killed by Trident agents after Larry Markson learned of Jean's escape from the Forces Armees Francaises research center ] Later on, a young Tea Flatte who Jean met after beating a group of Forces Armees Francaises soldier when she had infiltrated the Forces Armees Francaises research facility where Jean was held. Freeing him from captivity, Jean then used his own will to transform into a werewolf and subsequently escaped from the research center when he was eventually recruited by ARCAM as their Spriggan agent [Jean: "Arcam sounds interesting. Very well then, I shall join you. But on one condition..."
Tea: "What is it?" Jean: "Do not trying examing my body. Ever. Or I'll tear down your precious organization with my bare hands."(Spriggan Volume 5: The Lycanthrope Legacy. - Chuang Yi) - ISBN 981-269-547-8, page 171.] .

priggan life

During his time with the Spriggans, he actively assisted Yu Ominae in battling enemies of the ARCAM Corporation from Turkey all the way to the forests of Japan fighting Machiner's Platoon soldiers to brainwashed COSMOS child soldiers. In his first appearance in Turkey, Jean had his first werewolf transformation when Little Boy riddled him with a barrage of bullets from his Colt XM177 assault rifle. Eventually killing his assailant in his werewolf stage by punching Little Boy's head away into pieces of flesh, Jean overcame platoons of Machiner's Platoon soldiers sent to stop him with several dozens dead with others severely wounded. [The werewolf transformation was only shown in the Noah's Ark chapter of Spriggan. It was not shown until he was deployed in Ecuador. ]

When Jean was deployed in a mission to Romania, confronted his ex-father who told him of his heritage. [Rick Bordeau confronted Jean and explained that his werewolf genes were from him, thus making him and Jean the only known carriers of the said gene in their family line. ] In an operation in Ecuador, Jean was severely wounded by Oboro when he first changed Jean into a werewolf before stabbing his chest with a sharp stick, leaving him for death. Fortunately, Percup Ramdi did an operation that managed to heal Jean of his wounds and further acceleterated his rate of self-healing. It is unknown whether he could still transform into a werewolf on his own. [In a gunfight with COSMOS child soldiers, now under the auspices of the Trident Corporation, he saw his own blood when he was shot in the chest and legs. His werewolf transformation did not occur possibly because Percup Ramdi used his faith healing techniques to restrain him from doing so. ] In a mission to prevent COSMOS from extracting Rie Yamabishi to the US, Jean stormed a US Army base in Japan alongside Yu and Oboro. However, they were unable to prevent COSMOS forces from escaping.

Jean, grudgingly, teamed up with Iwao Akatsuki and Bo Brantz, two of ARCAM's most fearsome enemies in sabotaging a Trident operation when Larry Markson attempted to harness the power of the South Pole Shrine in order to take control of the world. With Bo's death, the three took on Larry's forces before they were able to get rid of the Fire Snake with the help of Yoshino Somei, Rie Yamabishi and other ARCAM personnel who were forced to assist Trident in gaining access to the fiery artifact.

Non-canon appearance

Gold Rush

In Spriggan: Gold Rush, Jean had minor assistance with Yu when he secured captured research scientists tied up by Trident commandos.

priggan: Lunar Verse

Jean appears in Lunar Verse as a support character to Tatsuki Otsuki.

Character

Jean is both a fierce Spriggan operator and a man with a good heart. Though he appears to be a cruel person who did not spare the life of Fatman when he was critically wounded, Jean had his reasons to do so. He warns Yu of his Spriggan duties and not to slack off since their secret war would safeguard every person in the planet, [Jean warns that every man, woman and child will be endangered if Yu doesn't execute his duties properly as a Spriggan ] though he didn't hesitate to blow his head off with his Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun when Yu tried to finish Fatman off. [This scene occurred only in the OVA. ]

During combat, he tends to be cocky and boasts about either himself or his skills and does not have any sympathy to those who murder people for their own ambitions or because they feel they were doing the "right thing". [During the Turkey mission, Jean boasts that he wanted to finish off Fatman and Little Boy because they are oppressors since they "fit the bill", an indication of his hatred against those who want to use Out-of-place artifacts to rule the world and turn the Earth into their own utopia ] [Jean: "Jean Jacquemonde is here to stomp on oppressors. You fit the bill." (Striker, Volume 2: Noah's Ark - Viz Media) - ISBN 978-1569312902] He is also boastful to other Spriggan operatives who don't look out for themselves when they are in trouble. [Jean fired a PG-2 rocket from an RPG-2 on Fatman's M61 Vulcan ammo pack, scolding Yu on letting him beat him hard after saving him. ]

He has the ability to turn to a werewolf due to his lycanthrope heritage only when he sees his blood. In his teenage years, he had the ability to do so at his own will.

References

ee also

* Trident Corporation
* Yu Ominae
* Tea Flatte
* Oboro
* Henry Garnum